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What advice would you give a teenager in 2012?

Posted in Children's and Youth Work on April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Comment away, what advice would you give the teenagers of today?

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Is Easter Too Violent for Children?

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Church, Theology on April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Russell Moore: Our children need to hear the Gospel. They need to see Jesus. That means they need to see both sides of skull place. That’s graphic, sure. It’s confusing, of course. And not just for kids. But it is the only message that saves. It’s the only message that prepares one for salvation. It [...]

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A Jobs Manifesto for Young People from Harvard Business Review

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Recruitment on April 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I thought Julie’s post: A Jobs Manifesto for Young Europe (and the Rest of the World) was an interesting set of views on youth unemployment Europe’s young people are bearing the brunt of the fallout from the collapse of the financial system and the struggle to save the Euro. In Britain, where I live, youth [...]

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Digital Kids Initiative

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, The web on March 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Walt Mueller and the team over at the Center for Parent and Youth Understanding have a fantastic new initiative: Digital Kids Initiative. Last week they launched a new website for parents and youth workers to help their teenagers survive the world we live in. Check it out!

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Books I have read: Jesus, My Father, The CIA, and Me

Posted in Books, Children's and Youth Work, Church on March 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

It was with some interest that I read Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me: A Memoir of Sorts, as titles go this was very intriguing.  In this book Ian Cron writes about his experience of growing up with an alcoholic father who worked for the CIA, and how that affected his spiritual journey. Ian’s [...]

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Easter eggs and other sweets

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Statistics on March 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I loved this post full of statistics about Easter chocolate and sweets from Creative Youth Ideas: 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are made for Easter each year. Each day, five million marshmallow chicks and bunnies are produced in preparation for Easter. 16 billion jelly beans are made for Easter 63 percent of Americans would most like to receive [...]

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Official Worship Signals Video

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Church, Funny, YouTube on March 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

This made me chuckle:

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10 Trends That Will Reshape Youth Ministry

Posted in Children's and Youth Work on March 24, 2012 | 1 Comment »

I’ve seen a lot of conversations on blogs regarding the future of youth ministry.  One of the best articles was Jim Candy’s 10 Trends that will Reshape Youth Ministry. 3. Sunday morning programs will become history Congregations will become increasingly dissatisfied with the separation between adults and its young people at their weekend services.  Worship services [...]

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Christianity – Atheism Online Survey

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Church on March 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »

Matthew Baker is doing his PhD Study at the University of Warwick. The research is to find out why certain young people leave the Church and become Atheists. The survey has been quite popular on many Atheist message boards and online communities, but he needs some responses from current Churchgoing adults over 19yrs who use [...]

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Rebranding

Posted in Children's and Youth Work, Recruitment on March 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

I loved Roy’s blog on new terminologies … same practices Last week, I had the privilege of attending a 2 day training event.  There was very little that was new but it was clear within the first few minutes that we would have to learn different terminologies, in order to receive the most benefit.  However, the [...]

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